Are you sure?
Quicksilver
Are you sure?
Maybe you are a member of a party, or just interested in politics; you are a right-winger, but sometimes it is still a bit strange, or you take more to the left, but still doubt some things? I never liked party politics, for parties restrict too much free thinking, they all represent only a small slice from life’s huge cake? And with parties comes party-line voting as well. Is it really possible to agree in everything with a dozen, a hundred, a thousand other people? It is impossible. Those, who think it possible, just beguile themselves.
Intelligent, learned and wise people have their opinions, based on much thought, worked out to their satisfaction, and if sometimes they do agree with others, then sometimes they don’t. And it is this way that I see fit. A party asks too much from its member when asking always to vote along its lines; even when it attempts to convince them of its truths. In my opinion, high level political life is only possible if people dare to say their own opinions – and take the responsibility for them. For party-line voting does take it from the members’ shoulders, true… but then a person who likes it, why is taking part in politics at all, if not to represent his or her own ideas? Why does it satisfy some to go after a party, like sheep after the cock of the school?
In my interpretation parties are signal-systems, that show the overall political values of its members. In this system people form a loose circle because they share some ideas, but the dare to differ in others. It is not a problem for them to disagree or even to change party, for if party discipline becomes too stifling, then it is time to go, for people and ideas grow better in freer circumstances. Older parties are more susceptible for this strong, enforced discipline, because they have a more rigid structure. That is why new or renewing parties are the engine of any political system.
And one more thing… I have often observed that people use phrases that they are not always very sure of; it is quite true in political concepts, like left-right, authoritarian-anarchist, liberal or libertarian, and so on. I have for some time known a page which measures political standing and I can safely suggest to fill it in, for it is edifying. It is called www.politicalcompass.org and it is a test in English, and the end results are given in an frame of reference by economical left-right and social libertarian authoritarian. It is slightly goes to the left, as we noticed, so take that into account.
I am curious, who would take this test and who would write the result here.
Mine goes like this: Economic Left/Right: -5.0; Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.59
Together with my intelligence it is not surprising that few parties can contain me really. 😉
Comments
Great article.
Here is my result:
Economic Left/Right: -3.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.74
Economic Left/Right: -1.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.26
I'm very moderate.
nice
vote
Economic Left/Right: -4.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.05
😃
I did find once in italian.. but now i can't find it anymore..
anyway, my values:
Economic Left/Right: -7.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.05
thanks to had it share with us!
Economic Left/Right: -6.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.28
Just like Gandhi 😃
Thanks for sharing this website 🙂
Economic Left/Right: -3.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.62
NewCX7
heh
Economic Left/Right: -6.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.56
Economic Left/Right: -2.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.21
A smaller Gandhi, lol.
Economic Left/Right: 2.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.79
u all seem pretty communist to me 🙂
Economic Left/Right: -1.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.10
i'm a center-wing, authoritarian dude...
wonderful test!
Economic left / right: -8.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.36
o_O
Be careful ghishae, we might pollute you. 🙂
I did warn that the test slightly goes to the left.
haha thout to be center right, maybe in some country there should be an handicap😛
Economic Left/Right: -2.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.49
Economic Left/Right: -4.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 1.23
Lev, piu' a sinistra di me ci sei solo te... 😃
infatti, me ne sono meravigliato anch'io... 😃
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -3.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.18
Lev sei troppo autoritario 😛
Secondo quel sito Zapatero è di destra e Ratzinger è di sinistra. Ed io sono un pigmeo del Kamchacta.
ma dov'e' andato a finire quello che ci fu prima delle elezioni, in cui si mostravano anche le posizioni "ufficiose" dei vari partiti italiani?
..non lo trovo piu'... comunque era molto simile...
Jay pensavo fossi un pigmeo gigante dell'africa amazzonica mediterranea australe...
Economic Left/Right: -5.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 4.26
ARGH
Can't be THAT leftwinger 🙁
And woot I got to be the most authoritarian here! 😃
posso gia' vedere i titoli su tutti i giornali eMondiali...
"Marinelli: the new Stalin!"
;-P
Economic Left/Right: -10
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -9.33
Workers of the eWorld unite!